Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-24
DEAD BY HIS WEES SIDE.
THE DISCOVERY OF AN OLD MANS
 ROMANCE.
Faithful Unto His Imbecile Mate-Their History Unknown-Too Feeble-Minded to Give an Alarm, She Lay and Starved Beside Her Stricken Nurse.

History Unknown-Too Feeble-Minded
 to Give an Alarm, She Lay and Starved
 Beside Her Stricken Nurse.
 NEW YORK, Dec 24-James Miller, a real estate agent, 70 years old, who has for two years lived on the first floor of 357 West Sixteenth street, was found dead yesterday on the floor of the kitchen of his apartment, with his wife, Fanny, dying beside him. They had lived alone. The wife was de- mented, and he had been her tender nurse. On this account the old couple were not very sociable, and the neighbors knew very little about them, but they had the reputation of being we'll to do.
 On Thursday forenoon Letter Carrier James M. Fair brought a letter from MT. Miller to the house, but got no response when he rapped at the door, and blew his whistle. He had no better success in the af- ternoon, and again at $40 yesterday morn ing failed to get any one to take the letter. He therefore walked through the hall to the yard in the rear, and looked into the kitchen through @ partly open window. The first glance showed the old couple lying on the floor apparently dead, and the room in con- fusion.
 Policeman Mulloney was summoned. He got into the kitchen and opened the door. Appearances justified the supposition that the old people had been murdered and the house ransacked, and further help was sum- moned.
 The old man lay on his back, with his head slightly raised from the floor and his hands beside him. The lids were off the stove and the stovepipe lay in the corner, as if it had been knocksd there. A further ex- animation showed that the wife was still alive, and she was lifted from the floor to @ bed in an adjoining room. She was but thinly clad, and the room was very cold. An ambulance was summoned from the New York hospital, and Deputy Coroner Scholer was sent for.
 Dr. Scholer made @ careful examination of the body of MT. Miller. He found that death had resulted from natural causes incl dent to old age.
 Only the kitchen was disordered. The par or was neat and clean. In bureau drawer was lady's gold watch and papers that showed that the house belonged to Mrs. w. H. Cudlipp, of 641 Jersey avenue, Jersey City, and that Miller was acting as her agent while she was in Europe. He also collected rents for Frederick Schroeder, Richard Full Ter, of the Vale cemetery, Schenectady; Hugh Cassidy and Henry Dubois. The rent ! account book was carefully posted. 1 No one had ever seen any one call on the old people, and no one could tell whether they had any relatives or not Four letters to MT. Miller from Wayne, Pa, were found. They are apparently from a relative. Under date Dec 16 she says:
 WAYNE, Dec. 16, 1887. My Love, Darling Love: received your Dear lovely letter on thursday morning. I was glad to hear from One love. am so sorry you. are fso sad you have enough to make you sad. So long, | 8 years to be sick is tiresome for any one and 1 you are too good to be tied down to one that don't know anything that you do. wish was with you, if it was not for Millie would come and help you some, would to come and stay lttel while with one so love. know that Lady would love you too you are so kind to Fanny.
 My love, wish could be with you. It would be the best pleasure of my life have not had much pleasure only what had in your company setting by that window with my love. It is all want in this worll to be with you my love. The Lord he knows all of our hearts Try and not be sad, my love. It won't do any good to you, | my love, my pet darling love.
 With much love, your Louise My kiss for | thee.
 The last heard of the old couple alive was on Tuesday, when neighbor passed through the hall and heard them laughing togeth IT.
 Frederick Schroeder, assistant secretary of the Mutual Insurance company, said that he knew Miller to be a very industrious sober and thoroughly trustworthy old gentlemen. MT. Schroder had but few days ago received letter from Miller en-
 closing a note from the tenant of the house on Thirty eighth street requesting the delay or a few days collection of the rent Thii
 was the first time that Miller had not ap
 peared at his office promptly with the monthly rent of these premises. MT Schroeder was just going to write to hin about it when he heard of his death,